Health CareNews
With just hours to go before Medicare physicians potentially faced deep cuts in payments, the Senate passed legislation that stabilizes such payments but adds $141… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Nearly everyone is thinking about cancer these days thanks to the Ken Burns film on PBS, “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.” All of us,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare’s Chief Actuary released a report on Thursday confirming the Congressional Budget Office’s bleak assessment of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance… Read More
Health CareCommentary
April 15 is right around the corner, and millions of Americans will find themselves paying more in taxes than ever thanks to Obamacare. The law… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
It’s been five years since the Affordable Care Act became law, but only two since most of its provisions went into effect. As its detractors… Read More
Health CareCommentary
A House-passed bill to replace the payment formula for doctors in Medicare and extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program includes money that could… Read More
Health CareNews
California-based eHealth Insurance, a private health insurance exchange, announced it would be laying off 100 workers as a result of increased competition under the Affordable… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Obamacare has been confusing since day one. So it’s not surprising that conflicting claims and some misinformation are circulating about what the Supreme Court’s decision… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As part of the 5-year anniversary White House celebration of his health care law, President Obama included his goals for health reform going forward. Among… Read More
Health CareNews
The House Thursday passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015—the so-called “doc fix” bill. The legislation was approved in a 392-37 vote. >>>… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This week Congress is considering the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2). Although correct in its ultimate goal, the bill… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Boehner-Pelosi “Doc Fix” legislation doesn’t fix the problems with Medicare. It simply tinkers with pseudo-reforms, kicks the can down the road and passes the… Read More
Health CareNews
As the House prepares to consider legislation reforming how Medicare doctors are paid, an analysis on the plan by a nonpartisan agency released today shows… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Washington is exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia. At the same time that lawmakers are debating their budget blueprints to eliminate deficits before the end of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Congressional Budget Office has finally released a score for the Boehner-Pelosi deal to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment system in Medicare. Congress’s… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
The Boehner-Pelosi deal to replace Medicare’s physician payment system has been unveiled. As Congress awaits the Congressional Budget Office’s assessment of the budgetary impact of… Read More
Health CareNews
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., decided to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Obamacare by releasing an alternative plan. President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a two-page “fact sheet” that stated: Since several of the Affordable Care Act’s coverage provisions… Read More
Health CareCommentary
On Friday night, House leaders released details of a proposal that would increase spending on doctors paid through Medicare (called the doc fix). Based on… Read More
Health CareNews
Five years ago on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Many of the health care law’s provision took effect in… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why are Republicans cutting a deal with Nancy Pelosi to throw an extra $400 billion onto the national debt and calling it entitlement reform? This… Read More
Health CareNews
Four years ago, my reporting on Obamacare brought me to the city of Terre Haute, Ind. Located near the Illinois’ border, about an hour’s drive… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We’ve heard a lot about how Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion will be costly to states in the long run. Yet this hasn’t stopped some governors, who… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Unless Congress can find a way around it, come April 1, Medicare physicians will suffer a 21 percent payment reduction. Congress is scrambling to head… Read More
Health CareNews
Earlier this week, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing in order to try and answer lingering questions about mismanagement at the Department of… Read More
Health CareNews
The latest debate on Capitol Hill has created an unlikely alliance between the House’s most powerful Democratic and Republican lawmakers, and it centers on a… Read More
Health CareNews
Specific details of a plan to replace how Medicare doctors are paid has yet to be released. But, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The House Republican congressional leadership is poised to announce a major “deal” with House Democrats on repealing the troublesome “Sustainable Growth Rate” (SGR) formula for… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative lawmakers today expressed their dismay toward a deal forged between the House’s Republican and Democratic leaders that would replace a long-criticized formula determining the… Read More
Health CareNews
House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi find themselves in an unlikely alliance this week as they prepare to roll out a plan… Read More
